Yea or Nay: The DaVinci Code.

[thebitterguy]

Okay, I can kinda smell how this will go, but can anyone out there gimme any reasons, good or bad, why I should or shouldn't read that sucker? I mean, really, I've still got Foucault's Pendulum & HBHG in the "to get to" pile, so is this worth the time n' effort?

Help me out here, people!

Comments

[mr-weasel.livejournal.com]

Hmm, looks like "Foucault's Pendulum" may be a fun read. How fluffy is it?

[nottheterritory.livejournal.com]

Ummm - not very - it's actually mind-bendingly dense - there are whole multi-page sections that I didn't understand because I don't read Latin.

No, no - I wish I was kidding - it is Eco after all.

On the other hand, if you've read Gibson, you've mastered the art of reading passages that don't make sense and thinking 'never mind, if it's important, it will be explained later'. As long as you read it with that in mind, you'll get the important bits.

Then, of course, the depth means you can read it over and over again and still pick up new things.

[mr-weasel.livejournal.com]

Ummm - not very - it's actually mind-bendingly dense - there are whole multi-page sections that I didn't understand because I don't read Latin.

No, no - I wish I was kidding - it is Eco after all.


Are his other books good too? I really want to read this now, even though latin sucks at best. Maybe I can find a Latin-English translator on the net.

In any case, I don't mind being challenged by my reading material. It's just that most of the online bookstores made the book look like a "bestseller".